<?php

/*
 * Copyright 2004-2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors,
 *                     as applicable.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

require_once 'PHPCR/Value.php';
require_once 'PHPCR/ValueFormatException.php';
require_once 'PHPCR/RepositoryException.php';

/**
 * The ValueFactory object provides methods for the creation Value
 * objects that can then be used to set properties.
 */
interface ValueFactory
{
    /**
     * Returns a Value object of with the specified value and an inferred
     * type.
     *
     * @param the specified value
     * @return a Value object
     * @throws ValueFormatException if the specified value format is invalid
     * @throws RepositoryException if a repository error occurs
     */
    public function createValue($value);

}

?>
